Ben Sims

Career StatsD+

Year	Team	GP	Rec	Yards	TD
Career		42	11	93	1
2025		11	3	30	0
2024		17	4	42	0
2023		17

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Net of age, position, and term, Ben Sims' deal earns a C- Contract Value Index. At $1.33M AAV on a one-year contract, this is a low-cost depth acquisition that reflects both Sims' modest market value and Miami's cautious approach to the tight end position — the mediaFraming is explicit that this doesn't even guarantee a roster spot, making it a pure camp competition. His 2025 season production of 30 receiving yards across 11 games aligns perfectly with the D+ performance grade and underscores why the market is treating him as a blocking specialist without meaningful upside as a pass-catcher. At 26 as a third-year player, Sims is no longer in a developmental window; the contract is structured to evaluate him without financial commitment, a sensible risk-management call for a player operating at replacement-level receiving production. The recent team activity — six signings across multiple positions in early June, including another tight end in Seydou Traore — reads as methodical roster housekeeping rather than aggressive retooling, and Sims fits that exact mold: a low-stakes, low-drama depth addition with a Green Bay connection and no expectation of immediate impact. The CVI grade reflects the reality: minimal dollars, minimal guarantee, minimal production expectations, and no cap burden — this is efficient roster construction for a team cycling through depth options.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Ben's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Per-game impact for Ben Sims pencils out to a D+ performance grade. This third-year tight end is operating as replacement-level depth, offering little in the way of offensive contribution or positional impact at a spot where the Dolphins clearly see room for upgrade. His 2025 season production of 30 receiving yards across 11 games tells the story plainly: Sims is a non-factor in the passing game, and that limitation is driving both his modest grade and the cautious public reception surrounding his offseason signing. The mediaFraming pegs him accurately as a blocking specialist with minimal upside as a receiver, which means his ceiling in Miami is a rotational reserve role dependent entirely on injury circumstance. With Miami adding fellow tight end Seydou Traore and several other depth pieces in recent weeks, Sims is competing for a roster spot rather than a starring role—his contract doesn't even guarantee that landing, per recent coverage. At 26 and in his third year, he has shown enough durability to stay on an NFL roster, but not enough skill or production to warrant confidence in a meaningful playing-time path. This is low-stakes depth acquisition in the truest sense, and should be treated accordingly.

How Ben Compares at the Position

Ben Sims ranks 122nd of 164 graded tight ends by performance. That slots Ben between Josiah Deguara (D+) just ahead and Hunter Long (D+) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

The public reception surrounding Ben Sims' signing with Miami is modest but not dismissive — a C+ sentiment that captures the low-stakes, low-drama nature of the move. Coverage has been thin, with roughly five headlines treating this as a depth acquisition rather than a meaningful roster upgrade, and the clearest throughline across that coverage is Sims' identity as a blocking specialist with limited upside as a receiving threat. That framing aligns painfully well with his on-field production grade, which sits at an F — his 30 receiving yards across 11 games underscore exactly why no one is penciling him in as a pass-catching contributor. The headline noting his contract doesn't even guarantee a roster spot sets the ceiling here: this is a competition for a depth role, not a starting job. Miami's recent roster activity — cycling through long snappers, adding a linebacker in Ronnie Harrison Jr., and bringing in a wide receiver — reads more like methodical housekeeping than a team reshaping its identity, and Sims fits neatly into that quiet, rotational-addition category. His Green Bay connection adds a minor storyline hook, but it's not driving any serious optimism. The narrative sits right where the grade suggests: a forgettable offseason addition that will only become relevant if the injury report forces the issue.